Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Samuel Theis: Samuel Maleski

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• Samuel Maleski : Daniel hears you speak in a language that has nothing to do with his life. Just because you imposed this on him, just like everything else. We're on your turf, all the time...

  Sandra Voyter : Yeah, in your country. Every single day, I have to accept that we live in your hometown. The people that you grew up with, they look down on me whenever I don't make the effort to smile at them. You don't think me living here counts as meeting you on your turf?

  Samuel Maleski : You never smile at anyone.

  Sandra Voyter : Yeah! That's why you love me, right? Because if you wanted to have some stupid bitch who grins at your friends at the ski slopes, you'd have picked someone else.

• Samuel Maleski : You really have no shame. That's your superpower, it allows you to see no one but yourself.

  Sandra Voyter : I see you very clearly. I just don't see you as a victim.

• Samuel Maleski : You impose your way of living, speaking, eating, even fucking. I could never get you to fuck any other way. Because... you just expect me to follow your lead. That's your notion of what a couple is.

• Samuel Maleski : Why do you refuse to talk about it? Why can't you just admit that it has to do with how things are divided between us?

  Sandra Voyter : Because you are wrong. I don't owe you any time, I do my part. C'mon, let's not start taking inventory here, please. Let's relax. I love you.

• Samuel Maleski : I've given you too much... too much time, too many concessions. I want this time back, and you owe it to me, be fair!

  Sandra Voyter : [laughing]  I'm sorry, but no, are you insane? I don't owe you anything, really.

• Sandra Voyter : You should be flattered that I was inspired by you. This is life, things circulate, you know.

  Samuel Maleski : Yes.

  Sandra Voyter : Yes? And frankly, I wish you'd be inspired to 'plunder' me someday.

• Samuel Maleski : I'm saying maybe, just maybe, things are a little out of balance between us, and I want you to take a look at that. Why is this so hard to discuss?

  Sandra Voyter : First of all, I don't believe in the notion of reciprocity in a couple. It's naive and frankly it's depressing. Yes. And I think discussing it is a waste of time, considering the state you're in, seriously. All this blah, blah, blah here and more time is gone, all this time spent chitchatting could be spent in silence, doing whatever you want to do, if only you knew what it is that...

• Sandra Voyter : Darling, the book just came out, you know very well it's just this time...

  Samuel Maleski : It's always 'just this time.' Whether you have a book out, or you're writing, or you need space to figure out what to write... I mean, I've been following your lead for years! I can't do anything with my time, do you understand? It's not my time, it's yours!